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T. ValentineDatabase-Driven Web Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9792-6_9

9. Installing and Using the Apache Web Server

Thomas Valentine1  
(1)
Selkirk, MB, Canada
 

The Apache web server has as its core function the ability to serve web pages. It is a highly specialized and powerful software application that is being used to serve billions of web pages daily. The Apache web server is the single most oft-used web server on the Internet today.

Apache’s most basic function is to serve static, unchanging HTML documents. This has the benefit of being the easiest method to implement – HTML is a simple language. If your site as you envision it is a simple ...

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